The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 June 1970 — Page 31

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14 YEARS AGO. JUNE 20,1950 A son. named Stewart Wayne, was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Coy at Goshen hospital at 3:47 Saturday, June 16. Miss Mary Lou Ewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ewart, of DeMotte, and Fem L. Traster, of Milford, were united in marriage Sunday al the home of the bride. Larry and Jerry Bray. 14-year-old twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bray, decided to do something about street markers, so that people would know the names of the streets. They made a detailed map. naming the streets, listing every dwelling, business house.

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church, school, etc. Jerry gave his map to the library and Larry gave his to. the post office. Fredleen Cavender, B-year-old granddaughter of Mrs. Looney of Milford, was killed instantly Saturday in a collision involving three cars and a pick-up truck on U.S. highway 6, at Elkhart co. road 11, about three miles east of Nappanee. Richard Felkner. son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Felkner, arrived in Milford Wednesday, after receiving his discharge from the Army air corps. 24 YEARS AGO. JUNE 20,1946 Rev. Marion 0. King,

Methodist pastor of Milford for the past four years, was appointed Tuesday to a new pastorate by Bishop Titus Lowe of the Indianapolis area of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bray observed their eighteenth wedding anniversary last Sunday. Orvin Kilmer, who attended Milford school several years and is now a student at Manchester college, and Miss Joann Yoder, foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boyer of North Manchester, were married Saturday evening. June 8, at the Peabody Memorial chapel. Bill Little arrived home last Tuesday from Bloomington where he was attending Indiana university. Bill entered school in February to study business accounting. Announcement is made of the marriage of Mrs. Doris Marie Resler, of Milford, to Lester Ciair Cretcher, also of Milford, which took place Tuesday, June 18. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Teeple are the proud parents of a daughter named Carol Jean, bom

Tuesday, June 18. A daughter weighing six poinds, eight ounces was bora to Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Cain, of Warsaw, Tuesday, June 18. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cain of Milford are the grandparents. 30 YEARS AGO. JUNE 20.1040 Last Thursday morning at about 11:30 o’clock a convoy of forty U.S. army trucks, enroute from Indianapolis to Battle Creek. Mich., passed through Milford on state road 15. The convoy consisted to three units. Fanner Rusk saw the trucks being refilled with gas at Tippecanoe and spread the word of their coming this way. A number of people from here lined the state road to get a glimpse of the trucks. In a ceremony performed Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Milford Apostolic Christian Church, Miss Irene Rassi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rassi, became the bride of Alvin Schrock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Schrock of Congerville, m.

Mr. »nd Mrs. William Darkwood of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Darkwood of Bristol were in Milford Sunday visiting friends and relatives and looking over some of the old sites they remember as boys. William Darkwood said it has been a long time since he left Milford and that he has lost touch with most of his friends here. He is in the silver fox business in Detroit. Melvin A. Markley, owner of a local tavern and news stands, was taken to the U.S. veterans hospital in Indianapolis on Thursday morning of last week. He is at the hospital for general observation. Mrs. Theo Beer entertained a number of friends and relatives Wednesday evening, at a miscellaneous shower, in honor of Miss Katherine Ruch, who will be married Sunday to W'illiam Longcor of Goshen. 40 YEARS AGO, JUNE 19,1930 Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Weidner have installed a new soda fountain, equipment is cut from Tennessee red marble. The fountain is larger than the former (Mie and is cooled by the latest in Frigidaire cooling systems. Announcement has been made that the name of the Royal Telephone Company has been changed to the Central Lakes Telephone Corp., by order of the public service commission which board approved the grouping of the Milford, Syracuse. Leesburg, North Webster and Cromwell exchanges. Services for Ralph Thwaits, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thwaits, former residents of Milford, was held Thursday afternoon at the Leesburg Methodist church. Mr. Thawaits passed away Tuesday June 10, at the home of his father-in-law. M. F. Miller, of southeast of Leesburg, death due to diabetes and complications. Last week brought the lowest sugar prices since the World War. and as the result 100 pound bags of the “needed sweet” were being advertised for $5.

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Church of Bi.-ethren Annual Conference To Be Held In .June Two proposa Is dealing with minority deve) opment and the recruitment of minorities for the ministry, as well as a statement supporting the position of open non-cooperation with the draft, are docketed for consideration by the 1,025 delegates to the Church of the Brethren annual

Wed., June 24, 1970—THE

conference in Lincoln, Neb.. June 23-28. The delegates from across the country and abroad be joined by some 4.000 visitors to the 184th recorded denominational assembly. J Among persons in attendance from this area will be Jack Farrell, Sr., and Miss Patricia Kurtz of the Syracuse Church of the Brethren. A series of special interest events in the evening are set

for conferencegoers, ranging through topics of evangelism; Bible study: issues facing congregations and the lajty; listening to other voices, be they religious. ethnic, or minority; recreation; celebrative arts; relationships and structures: films; international concerns; ecology; peace; social justice; and drama. The annual conference last convened in Lincoln in 1964, and next year will go to Saint Petersburg, Fla.

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